Assisted Living Aide 645 am- 7 pm FT Must have Memory Care Experience

SEMH S.E.M. Haven, Inc.; Milford (OH); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

SEM Haven, Milford, OH, is seeking a Care Coordinator who works with residents, families and staff to promote a positive home environment and deliver personal care per policies and regulations. This role supports resident engagement in normal life activities and participates in resident-centered, team-based care.

The position emphasizes respect, kindness, and independence for residents, with daily life activities in the assigned household.

Qualifications

• One year experience working with the elderly (preferred)
• Freedom from illegal use of drugs and freedom from use and effects of drugs and alcohol in the workplace is essential

Responsibilities

• As a member of a family team you will perform tasks to maintain life in the household, including food prep/serving, cleaning and assisting residents.
• Essential functions are described but duties may vary and other related tasks may be assigned as needed.
• Stresses include shift rotation, weekend/holiday duty, and interacting with residents and families in a long-term care setting.

Skills

Resident care programs

Patience and communication

Respect for residents

Household cleanliness

Flexibility

Job description

Job Overview

Community Name: SEM Haven. The Care Coordinator works cooperatively and respectfully with residents, co-workers, families, visitors and volunteers to create a positive and pleasant environment in the home. He or she delivers personal care to residents according to facility policies and procedures, quality improvement guidelines and local, state and federal regulations. The Care Coordinator actively promotes the resident’s opportunities for engaging in normal life pursuits and improving and/or maintaining functioning levels. The Care Coordinator is a participant in resident-centered care and team based management and is involved in daily life activities in his or her assigned household(s). The above paragraph is a technical description of your job that outlines some of the functions that make your position necessary.

Organizational Focus

The focus of SEM Haven is to be a resident-centered organization based on resident choice. SEM Haven is a family, which includes residents and staff, as well as resident families and staff families. The final goal is to provide support for each of its members. Your role as a staff member is to provide the residents of SEM Haven with the support, friendship, and most importantly, kindness, so they may live as independently as they wish to in their homes.

Core Values

The most important function of your position is that you treat everyone you come into contact with as a person deserving respect. No person is any more or less important than any other and all should be treated in this manner.

Additional Responsibilities

As a member of a family team you have the additional responsibility to perform tasks as necessary to maintain life on the household. These tasks will be within your knowledge and training: assist with food preparation/serving; picking up clutter, removing trash, cleaning spills; transporting residents; attending household meetings/learning circles and fulfilling simple requests for residents.

Essential Functions

Every effort has been made to identify the essential functions of this position. However, it in no way states or implies that these are the only duties you will be required to perform. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or is an essential function of the position.

Key Skills and Competencies

• Ability to implement and evaluate the effectiveness of resident care programs
• Patience, listening skills, verbal and non-verbal communication skills, and interpersonal skills
• Respect for all people – residents, co-workers, family members, doctors, volunteers, and anyone who visits our home
• Respect for possessions – keeping living and work areas clean, orderly, and presentable at all times as if company is on the way
• Flexibility – willingness to modify job duties for the overall good of the home and our residents

Stresses and Working Conditions

There are stresses associated with working in a long-term care environment. Examples of these stresses include, but are not limited to, shift rotation, weekend and holiday duty, unusual or impaired behavior by residents, family reactions to having a loved one in the facility, death and dying, oversight of State surveyors, Ombudsmen and Federal officials, presence of consultants and Attorneys, and variable involvement of medical staff.

Essential Physical Demands

• MOBILITY – Able to move freely about
• LIFTING – Regularly lifting of up to 50 pounds
• CLIMBING/BALANCING – Occasionally
• STOOPING/BENDING – Regularly
• PUSHING – Occasionally (up to 25 lbs.)
• STANDING/SITTING – Regularly standing, sitting, walking
• REACHING – Regularly
• SPEAKING – Must be able to speak, read & write the English language in an understandable manner
• VISION & HEARING – Must be able to see and hear or use prosthetics that will enable these senses to function adequately to ensure that the requirements of the position can be fully met

ADA Accommodations

According to ADA guidelines reasonable accommodations will be made for staff members who are unable to perform the essential functions of the job.

Minimum Qualifications

• One year experience working with the elderly (preferred)
• Freedom from illegal use of drugs and freedom from use and effects of use of drugs and alcohol in the workplace is essential

EEO Statement

We’re an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

About SEM Haven

SEM Haven is a non-profit ministry providing nursing and residential care for older adults of varying economic, ethnic, and religious backgrounds. We strive to preserve and promote human dignity, self-determination, individual freedom and accustomed lifestyle. Our vision is for SEM Haven to be a home where companionship and caring relationships thrive through empowerment and personal choice.